सङ्गीतरत्नाकर: प्रथम भाग (शार्ङ्गदेव - स्वरगताध्याय सविस्तार व्याख्या व अनुवाद सहित)

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3. सम्भाविता गीतिः
संक्षेपितपदा भूरिगुरुः संभाविता मता ॥१९॥
यथा—
धा मा मा रि ग
भ क्त्या
री गा सा सा
वे वं
नी धा सा नी
रु द्रं
धा नी मा मा
वं दे
3. Sambhāvitā :
Sambhāvitā is considered to be with abridged verbal
phrases (pada-s) largely¹⁴ (composed) of long syllables. (19cd)
For example :
(i) dhā mā mā ri·ga¹⁵
Bha ktyā
(ii) rī gā sā sā
de vam
(iii) nī dhā sā nī
ru dram
(iv) dhā nī mā mā
van de
observed that the fourfold gīti that is described here is, what is called
padāśrita gīti (i. e. the gīti based on the verbal structure) which may be
distinguished from talāśrita gīti (i. e. the gīti based on tāla) and svarā-
śrita-gīti (i. e. the gīti based on the tonal structure). The first two will
be dealt with shortly in this Section and the last in Chapter II (Rāga).
The māgadhī gīti came into being in the province of Magadha in
eastern India and is therefore called māgadhī as explained by 'K' on
the basis of the derivation of the word given by Mataṅga. Māgadhī
14. That is, it also admits the use of short syllables.
15. Ad. ed. of S. R. reads : ri ga (as two mātrā-s) which seems to
be a misprint.

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4. पृथुला गीतिः
भूरिलध्वक्षरपदा पृथुला संमता सताम् ।
यथा—
मा गा री गा
सु र न त
सा धनि धा धा
ह र प द
धा सा धा नी
यु ग लं
पा निधप मा मा
प्र ण म त
4. Pṛthulā :
Pṛthulā, according to the learned, has verbal phrases
(pada-s) with many short syllables. (20ab)
For example :
(i) mā gā rī gā
su ra na ta
(ii) Sā dha-ni dhā dhā
ha ra pa da
(iii) dhā sā dhā nī
yu ga lam
(iv) pā ni-dha-pa mā mā
pra ṇa ma ta
and other gīti-s are illustrated by the author with an example in which
each kalā is supposed to be of four mātrās (units). This is elucidated
below in the light of Kallinātha's commentary.
The first kalā is to be sung in the slow tempo, which indicates
the rest period ratio of 4:1 with reference to the fast tempo in
singing a verbal phrase (pada). In the given example the phrase
devam is sung in the first kalā in two syllables, de and vam, each
of which takes two unit measures (mātrā-s). In the second kalā the
phrase rudram is added to the first one (viz. devam) in two syllables,